Climate Dynamics
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General
Prefix
AHS
Course Number
478
Course ID
00150110-2023-08-21
Course Level
Undergraduate
Department/Unit(s)
College/School
College of Science and Engineering
Description
Balance requirements of the climate system, atmospheric and oceanic general circulation, history of earth's climate, causes of climate change, climate modelling with consideration of dynamical systems analysis as well as global coupled models.
Prerequisites
Credits
Min
3
Max
3
Goals and Diversity
MN Goal Course
No
Cultural Diversity
No
Learning Outcomes
Outcome
Explain the implications of nonlinearity to the nature of the climate system.
Outcome
Derive equilibrium temperatures from globally averaged energy balance models.
Outcome
Analyze the balance requirements of the atmospheric circulation including the role of atmospheric fluxes.
Outcome
Explain the mechanisms driving the surface and deep water circulations of the oceans.
Outcome
Analyze the atmosphere/ocean interactions involved in the El Nino/Southern Oscillation phenomenon.
Outcome
Identify climate system interactions leading to long-term climate change.
Outcome
Synthesize knowledge of the atmospheric general circulation to explain the temperature signature of a greenhouse warming in zonally-averaged global temperatures.
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